Synaptic (Oskana Poetry & Poetics): 10 - Softcover

Calder, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0889778612 ISBN 13: 9780889778610

Publisher: University of Regina Press, 2022

Synopsis

An award-winning poet attempts to map the brain’s neural connections, raising fundamental questions about identity and interiority.

This intricate, yearning work from award-winning poet Alison Calder asks us to think about the way we perceive and the ways in which we seek to know ourselves and others.

In Synaptic, each section explores key themes in science, neurology, and perception. The first, Connectomics, riffs on scientific language to work with and against that language’s intentions. Attempting to map the brain’s neural connections, it raises fundamental questions about interiority and the self. The lyric considerations in these poems are juxtaposed against the scientific-like footnotes which, in turn, invoke questions undermining authority and power. The second section, Other Disasters, explores ways of seeing or and being seen, from considerations of folklore to modern art to daily life.

The speakers in these poems are searching for knowledge. Everyone is looking for a miracle.

About this title

About the Author

Award-winning poet Alison Calder grew up in Saskatoon. She is the author of Wolf Tree and In the Tiger Park, and she lives in Winnipeg where she teaches Canadian literature and creative writing at the University of Manitoba. 

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889778612
• ISBN 13: 9780889778610
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 73